Ami

Ami is a term with several distinct uses in language and naming. In French, ami means "friend" and is masculine; the feminine form is amie, and the plural is amis. The word appears in literature and everyday speech. As a given name, Ami is used in multiple cultures and languages. In Japanese, Ami is a common given name and can be written with various kanji characters, such as 亜美 or 安美, with meanings that depend on the chosen characters.

As an acronym, AMI has several technical and policy meanings. In computing and cloud services, Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a template used to create virtual servers in Amazon Web Services. In medicine, AMI stands for acute myocardial infarction, a medical emergency also known as a heart attack. In United States housing and urban development policy, AMI stands for Area Median Income, used to determine eligibility for certain assistance programs. In hardware, AMI BIOS refers to the firmware developed by American Megatrends International, widely used on personal computers.

Because of multiple meanings, the context usually determines which interpretation is intended. The uppercase and lowercase forms can indicate different senses, so disambiguation is common in information resources and cross-referenced databases.